Cincinnati's head coach stayed aggressive and an injury threw off a chance to bleed the clock almost all the way down.

Denver sealed Cincinnati's fate, and HBO’s "Hard Knocks," which followed the AFC North teams this season, captured some of the Bengals’ players and head coach Zac Taylor's immediate reactions as they watched it all unfold.

If you found yourself consistently questioning Zac Taylor's decision making throughout Cincinnati's 30-24 overtime victory over the Denver Broncos in Week 17, you weren't alone. Taylor made several head-scratching decisions over the course of the contest ...

The Cincinnati Bengals kept their postseason hopes alive with a wild 30-24 overtime victory over the Denver Broncos on ... management decisions from Coach Zac Taylor at the end of regulation.

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Denver Broncos in one of the most exciting games of the season. However, all the drama that took place on Saturday at Paycor Stadium was the product

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor's clock management during the end of the Bengals' game against the Denver Broncos came into question after the Broncos managed to force overtime.

Anyone associated with the Bengals or the team's fans didn't have to scoreboard watch for long on Sunday before the team's playoff hopes were dashed.

David Suggs is a content producer at The Sporting News. A long-suffering Everton, Wizards and Commanders fan, he has learned to get used to losing over the years. In his free time, he enjoys skateboarding (poorly), listening to the likes of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and D’Angelo, and penning short journal entries.

Alas, the decision has prompted fan theories that the Chiefs intentionally threw their game against the Broncos in order to avoid facing the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor fanned the flames of those theories Saturday night after Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh to remain playoff eligible.

Late in an eventual overtime classic win over the Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown slid (and got hurt) instead of scoring a touchdown. Clearly, the idea was for the Bengals

In a strange coaching decision from Zac Taylor, Brown was instructed to go down without scoring a touchdown in order to burn clock late in regulation. Brown did so and got hurt, causing him to get replaced by Khalil Herbert for the rest of the game.